Wang Laichun, one of a small number of self-made women billionaires, chairs electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry, a producer of electronics connecters that counts Apple as a customer. She worked for 10 years for Taiwanese billionaire Terry Gou's Hon Hai Precision Industry (also known as Foxconn). She left in 1999 and in 2004 teamed up with her brother Wang Laisheng to buy Luxshare;

he is now vice chairman. The company trades on the Shenzhen stock exchange.

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